CHIKARA Vague budgets
A client says "around $30,000" without knowing what that buys — face brick, or plaster? Tiles, or corrugated iron?
Zimbabwe & Botswana · Home design & pricing
Build your dream home.
Build your dream home.
See the price as you go.
Choose a plan, customise every exterior and interior finish, walk a live photo tour of the result, and watch the price update in real time — in USD, BWP or ZAR. Then send your design straight to our team on WhatsApp.
A design and pricing tool for real conversations — not a substitute for a signed building contract or a site engineer's assessment.
Why this exists
A guess is not a quote.
A quote needs a real design.
"What would a 3-bedroom cost?" is not answerable without knowing the roof, the walls, the finishes, the extras. Most people only find that out after weeks of back-and-forth with a contractor.
Slow back-and-forth
Every finish change usually means another call, another wait, another re-quote — before the client has even settled on a look.
Currency confusion
A price in USD means something different to a client thinking in Pula or Rand — until it's converted, it's not a real number to them.
Materials without context
"Gamazine" or "face brick" are just words on a quote until someone can see the finish and understand what it actually involves.
How it works
Four steps. One clear price.
The same order the app guides you through, from first look to a real conversation with our team.
01
Choose your home
Pick from five house plans, from a compact starter to a five-bedroom homestead.
02
Make it yours
Swap roofing, walls, windows, flooring, kitchen units and more — the price updates instantly.
03
Walk through it
See a room-by-room photo tour of your exact configuration, exterior and interior.
04
Request your quote
Save your design, or send it straight to our team on WhatsApp to take the conversation further.
Five starting points
A plan for every household
Every plan below is a starting price — the base includes foundation, structure, standard roofing, plaster exterior and standard finishes. Everything is customisable from there.
The Gaborone Starter
From$11,500
The Riverside Cottage
From$18,500
The Francistown Family
From$27,800
The Kalahari Executive
From$41,200
The Harare Homestead
From$52,800
Starting prices shown in USD. The app converts live to BWP and ZAR, and every material choice adds or is included transparently — no hidden line items.
Real materials, real depth
Not just a swatch. The full picture.
Every finish carries a photo and a price. Select materials — like Gamazine wall coatings — go further, with an in-depth profile covering composition, application, durability and honest trade-offs.
Exterior walls
Gamazine, four ways
Standard Textured, Fine Sand, Pebble-Dash and Tyrolean finishes — each priced separately, each with its own detail panel.
Roofing
Iron or tile
Corrugated iron sheet included as standard, or upgrade to concrete roof tile for a different look and lifespan.
Kitchens & floors
Standard to premium
From fitted standard units and polished screed through to granite tops, premium islands and engineered wood flooring.
Material profiles state real trade-offs, not just a sales pitch — durability, maintenance and climate fit are described plainly.
Your design, your device
Your configuration stays yours until you share it.
Built to let you explore freely, then hand off on your terms.
Save & return
Your design is saved on your device, so you can leave and come back without losing your choices.
Three currencies
Toggle between USD, BWP and ZAR at any point — the whole price updates instantly, no re-entry needed.
You choose when to send it
Nothing goes to our team until you request a quote — the design is exploratory until you say otherwise.
Human presence
You should not be stranded with the software.
Every design in the app can go straight to our team on WhatsApp with one tap. If you'd rather talk it through with a person before you've finished configuring, that's fine too.
A real conversation with our team — not a chatbot standing in for one.
Inside the app
What you can do today
Five house plans
From a 1-bedroom starter to a 5-bedroom homestead, each with its own base price and included features.
Full materials showroom
Roofing, walls, windows, parking, boundary walls, kitchens, flooring, water and more — all photographed and priced.
Live photo tour
Walk a room-by-room tour that reflects your exact exterior and interior choices as you make them.
Real-time pricing
Every choice updates the total instantly, in your currency of choice — USD, BWP or ZAR.
Finance calculator
Get a sense of deposit and instalment shape against your total — a starting point for the real conversation.
Dark mode
Switch to a full Obsidian & Gold dark theme, saved between visits.
Ecosystem
One standard of sovereign tools.
The Configurator sits beside mining, agriculture, haulage and financial reconciliation tools built the same way.
Honesty
What this is — and is not
- A design and pricing exploration tool, not a signed building contract
- Prices reflect the materials and options as configured — final costs still depend on site conditions and a formal survey
- Does not replace an engineer's site assessment or council approval process
- Currency conversion is indicative, not a locked exchange rate guarantee
Your dream home deserves a real design.
Preview the shape of the work on this page. Build the real configuration in the app.